Cynk, ołów i kadm w glebach darniowych Podhala

A total content of zinc, lead and cadmium have been determined in the turf soils of the Podhale region. Zn and Pb contents in the mineral soils is not high, as a result of their low content in the parent rocks. A higher content, particularly of Cd, occurs in rendzinas and a gley-podzol ectohumus horizon. An accumulation of the examined metals in the upper horizons in relation to the parent rock, expressed by the accumulation coefficient WA, is considerable, particularly in the case of Cd. The acid reaction of the major part of the examined soils increases risk of the accumulation ot this toxic metal in the ground flora of meadows and pastures.